Thanks Jake!

That "Victory" box looks about perfect. There is no information about
how it's wired up, but it appears to be an eight-in eight-out box. I can
live with 8 circuits.

Now I gotta figure out how to source that thing from someone closer to
Oregon so I can get it by next weekend.

Me likee.

-- RJS

On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 08:04 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> Hey Mike,
>
> Let your local marine supply help you out here.  A quick Google for
> "marine terminal block" brought up pages full of things like this:
> http://www.pridemarine.com/index.cfm?category=10002|
> 10205&product=8555220&code=773692050867
>
> Looks like a neat solution!  ;)
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         I have installed an exciting new gauge cluster atop the
>         instrument pod
>         on Mellow Yellow, my '84 Westy. Some of the gauges are waiting
>         to be
>         connected (oil pressure, oil temp, ATF temp, aux battery) and
>         the wires
>         for them are presently hanging out the fuse box opening,
>         neatly curled
>         and taped to the pillar.
>
>         Next weekend I will be building up a wiring harness to bring
>         up the
>         sender signals (as well as several other "spare" wires for
>         future
>         connection) from the rear.
>
>         I could just solder the gauge wires to the sender wires and
>         leave the
>         spares unconnected. But I'd like to use some kind of terminal
>         block or
>         junction box, for neatness sake.
>
>         I wish there was sufficient room behind the fuse box to mount
>         such a
>         thing, but it's kind of a tightly-packed mess of spaghetti in
>         there. But
>         there's room on the pillar to bolt something, if that
>         something isn't
>         too big.
>
>         Does anyone know of a terminal block or box that could be
>         mounted there
>         to accept 10 wires, possibly something with a cover so my toe
>         tip
>         doesn't snag anything?
>
>         If not, then another place to mount a terminal block would be
>         in the aux
>         battery compartment under the driver's seat. My aux battery is
>         under the
>         rear bench so I have room in there once I shove some spare
>         parts out of
>         the way.
>
>         Again, a neat terminal box with cover would be good there. My
>         familiarity with terminal blocks ends with old-school barrier
>         strips and
>         eurostyle terminal strips, and those usually don't have
>         covers.
>
>         Suggestions?
>
>
>         --
>         Rocky J Squirrel (Jack Elliott)
>         '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>         '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano,
>         Calif.)
>         Bend, OR
>         KG6RCR
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
> 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
> www.thebassspa.com
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>